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Council & local affairs, 1855

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Legislative Council. Saturday December 15

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 9

The Luans' Appropriation Bill, and the Animal Appropriation Bill were read a second time, and the former was passed through committee. The public Works' Loan Bill was read a third…

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The City Commission, and the Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 8

SCARCELY two years have passed away since the Legislative Council, madly bent upon crushing the liberties of the citizens of Sydney, and checking, as they in their simplicity imagined, the spirit of…

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Council Papers. Report From the Select Committee on the Circular Quay

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 6

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 16th October last, " to inquire into all the circumstances connected with the unauthorised expenditure, by his Excellency the Governor, of the sum of £14,000…

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Summary for the Lightning. Sydney Morning Herald Office, December 22nd, 1855. Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1855 · page 4

WE resume our summery of the Legislative Council proceedings, which we completed in our last summary up to the 19th November. The business since that date, although it has been very heavy and voluminous,…

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Mr. Campbell Introducing the Lord's Prayer Into the Legislative Council of Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 December 1855 · page 9

We were considerably surprised not long since when a friend playfully asked, "If in our opinion it was the duty of a member of the Legislative Council of Victoria to pray to God!" Strange as…

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